Physical Activity and Nutritional Education as School-based Interventions to Control Obesity in Children and Adolescents (PANE)

• Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions that use physical activity and nutrition education in the school environment to control of body weight through anthropometric indicators, such as body weight, body mass index, skinfolds, circumferences data. [ Time Frame: Assessments results should at least monitor the execution time of the intervention studies, with a minimum of two assessments: pre-and post-intervention. This requirement depends directly on the studies to be extracted in the systematic search. ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  

• Evaluate these interventions in the perspective of social equity, as the differences between public and private schools, rural and urban, developed and developing countries. [ Time Frame: requirement for pre and post-intervention assessments ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  
• Check the influence of interventions that use physical activity and nutrition education programs for health promotion focused in lifestyle. [ Time Frame: requirement for pre and post-intervention assessments ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  Assess the impact of school interventions in relation to the acquisition of healthy habits such as physical activity and increased consumption of healthy foods
  
  
• Analyze the impact of interventions that uses physical activity and nutrition education in schools such as curriculum or program included in the planning education. [ Time Frame: requirement for pre and post-intervention assessments ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
  

The inordinate increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity at the international level today is one of the targets of concern the department of public health, and gradually has been the focus of many studies and interventions which emphasize the need for more evidence to clear and effective its prevention and reduction. Obesity can affect the short or long term health of individuals, through problems such as left ventricular hypertrophy in young-adult and atherosclerosis, which is due to the formation of plaques of fat in the arterial wall and may lead to coronary artery disease , cerebrovascular disease and peripheral vascular disease.

The promotion of regular practice of physical activity through physical education school can be an effective way to prevent obesity among children, especially girls. There is an inverse relationship between physical activity and incidence of hypertension. The earlier the entrance to the practice of physical activities, there will be more effective in combating the increase in body mass index (BMI).

Nutrition Education is to extend the knowledge on nutrition and the ability to understand the practices and eating behavior, improving the relationship of the individual in the environment which is introduced, allowing the taking of decisions under the situation presented.